USEFUL IDEAS TO HELP THE NEEDLEWOMAN
When pressing seams, open seareuwith I a wet toothbrush kept for the purpose, I and so avoid wetting the surounding material. When threadihg ne'w elastic tack the new elastic to the end of the old piece so that in pulling out the old you draw through the new. Before sewing' on press-studs or hooks and eyes, boil them in strong soda water, as this pr'events their rusting on the garment. When knitting, never join the wool in the middle of a row; this is unsatisfactory, however carefully carried out. It should be made at the beginning of a tow, then the ends can be taken in with the seams or darned to the sides. Keep a piece of beeswax in the sewing basket, and when you are sewing on buttons rub the thread with wax. It is a good plah to have a "mushToom'/ painted black for lighf darning and one painted white for dark work, as this makes it easier to distinguish the threads and tries the eyes less.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 11
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176USEFUL IDEAS TO HELP THE NEEDLEWOMAN Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 11
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